EPSRC
Country: UK
Website: www.epsrc.ac.uk
We are the main UK government agency for funding research and training in engineering and the physical sciences, investing more than £850 million a year.
We support research into engineering, mathematics, physics, chemistry, materials science, information and communications technologies. The research we fund ranges from fundamental science to solving problems in manufacturing, healthcare, energy, the environment and climate change.
Our mission is to:
- Promote and support, by any means, high quality basic, strategic and applied research and related postgraduate training in engineering and the physical sciences.
- Advance knowledge and technology (including the promotion and support of the exploitation of research outcomes), and provide trained scientists and engineers, which meet the needs of users and beneficiaries (including the chemical, communications, construction, electrical, electronic, energy, engineering, information technology, pharmaceutical, process and other industries), thereby contributing to the economic competitiveness of Our United Kingdom and the quality of life.
For more information, please visit: www.epsrc.ac.uk and www.impactworld.org.uk